Prenatal Methylmercury and Cognitive Deficit
A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births during 1986-87 in the Faroe Islands, born to mothers who had consumed methylmercury-polluted pilot whale meat and having increased mercury concentrations in cord blood and maternal hair, received neurobehavioral evaluations at 7 years of age at Odense Un...
Published in: | Pediatric Neurology Briefs |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
1997
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-12-7 https://doaj.org/article/b1cd33dfb3064685811f32a2074ed7bc |
Summary: | A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births during 1986-87 in the Faroe Islands, born to mothers who had consumed methylmercury-polluted pilot whale meat and having increased mercury concentrations in cord blood and maternal hair, received neurobehavioral evaluations at 7 years of age at Odense University, Denmark. |
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